Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Mr. Minister, I would like to thank you. Last summer, at the 60 thanniversary of the Dieppe Raid, you asked for all parties to be stand with you at each of the ceremonies. I thank you for that.
Now let us move to the serious business. Yesterday, the new ombudsman, Mr. Pat Stogran, held a news conference and I brought back some documents that seem to contradict each other. First, we read:
The Veterans Ombudsman shall...review systemic issues related to the Veterans Review and Appeal Board (VRAB);
Three lines later, we read:
But the Veterans Ombudsman shall not review...any decision of the VRAB, or any decision of Veterans Affairs for which there is a right of appeal to the VRAB;
I am not sure that veterans will understand that document. In one place, it says that they have certain rights, and in another, it says that they do not. This is in the same booklet.
What do you think about that? I will show you.